IKEA Living Room Hacks
When it comes to furnishing your living room, IKEA is a go-to destination for many. With its affordable prices and stylish designs, IKEA furniture is a popular choice for those looking to create a comfortable and functional living space.
But there's the risk of your living room looking like an IKEA showroom if you use mainly IKEA furniture. With a little creativity and a few DIY skills, you can take your IKEA furniture to the next level and perhaps even get a few people saying, "I can't believe it's IKEA!"
From easy IKEA hacks like adding new legs to your sofa to creating custom built-in storage solutions, there are so many fabulous ways to tweak your IKEA pieces into pieces that are uniquely you.
In this page, you'll find some of the best IKEA living room hacks to inspire your own DIY projects and help you create a space that's both stylish and functional.
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Whether you're looking to add some personality to your space or simply want to make the most of your IKEA furniture, these living room hacks are sure to inspire. So why not take a closer look and see how you can create a space that's stylish and functional?
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Living Room Storage
You not only create a storage system that's tailored to your living room and the items you need to store, but also seamlessly match your style and taste.
Modern Expedit to Vintage Printer’s Cabinet
I love the look of those vintage printers drawer units.…
Ikea PS 2012 locker redesigned as TV-multimedia Cabinet
Even before the assembly of the locker: – Cut the…
Ikea Rast Dresser for the Nursery
I just couldn’t find a dresser for the nursery, so…
Kitchen cabinets into pimped out storage catch all
I needed something to hold my clutter so I took…
Coffee table and side table hacks
How I made a Baseball Side Table with glue and resin
I wanted to make a baseball side table to use…
Lack goes Vintage
Materials: Lack Coffee table (birch effect), stain, paint in different…
Lack Table Face Lift
Materials: 2 Lack side tables, tools to assemble table, PL…
Customise your Lack with Gesso
Materials: Lack tableDescription: I gessoed the table completely then applied…
Make your LACK table a monochrome unicum
Materials: LACK table, 4 rolls of black tape Description: I…
Double Layer Coffee Table
Materials: 2 VIKA Table tops, 4x VIKA MOLIDEN Legs, 8x…
IKEA Bookshelf Hacks
FROSTA X – how to hack this amazing little stool
This is one of three hacks I made with the…
Built-in with Bench
Materials: Hemnes Wardrobe and Hemnes TV Unit Description: I put…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
A stencilled Lack coffee table
Materials: Stencils, paint, primer Description: Michael’s stencils and a weekend of patience. Step 1, tape out paint area, I did a wide border. Measure and double check lines. It must remain straight Step 2, paint 2 coats of primer and let dry for around 2 hours Step 3, use stencil…
Kitchen cart and butcher block transform into bench
Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Bekvam Kitchen cart, Numerar Butcherblock Description: We scored the butcher block in the As Is section and my husband had the instant idea to finally make a window bench for our daughters room. We also ran into the Kitchen Cart which was heavily reduced. Here’s how it…
Hemnes Stove Hearth
Materials: Hemnes Entertainment center, DIY hearth and mantel Description: I used a Hemnes entertainment center, minus the center piece. Built a false mantel, and hearth for an electric wood stove. This is the result. ~ Ken, Hudson, Florida
Silver coffee LACK table
Materials: Lack side table, leatherette, silver paint, furniture molding; hammer, brush, jigsaw Description: I wanted a chic coffee table in silver! Using a jigsaw, I cut 20 cm off of each leg and painted the table! I attached the leatherette square to the table top using furniture molding! Love it!!!…
Now you see it, now you don’t potty chair
Materials: Stefan chair, additional seat panels Description: My grandmother lives in an old house in Malacca, Malaysia without upstairs plumbing. I hacked the Stefan chair to build her a potty that looks like a regular chair. It was quite easy, mainly because I stumbled across a bunch of extra seat…
Recycled Pallets and 2 Ikea Lacks Made an awesome Rustic Coffee Table
Materials: 2 old hardwood pallets and 2 IKEA lack tables. Description: Basically had the idea to make a bigger table out of 2 lack tables a while back and removed 2 legs from each table then screwed them together with old boards on the bottom. We found a couple of…
VH-YES Coffee Table (‘LACK’ing no more)
Materials: LACK Coffee Table, VHS Collection, Bit of Wood and Paint, Glass Description: For my new offices (I’m a filmmaker), I wanted a coffee table that would be a talking point and I also wanted to do something with my (possibly quite valuable) VHS collection rather than allowing it to…
Give a little chic storage to the Pallbo footstool
Materials: SOLSTA PALLBO footstool, candle holders (4), screws (4), jigsaw, polisher, plywood, upholstery foam, lining, stapler, textile, sewing machine Description: I took the footstool apart and turned it upside down. I drilled four holes on the bottom and screwed in the candle holders. I sawed the new top from plywood,…
Hemnes add on unit transformed into console
Materials: Hemnes desktop + cherry boards + cherry legs Description: 1. Purchased 3 Hemnes desktop pieces in white. (The have to be Hemnes because those pieces are wood and you need to be able to paint the pieces.) 2. Purchased unfinished table legs in cherry wood from an online vendor…
IKEA Lack bookcase to bench
Materials: IKEA Lack Description: Well, my hack was inspired by this site, I just wanted to share the result, as it is my first project 🙂 Used an IKEA Lack bookcase 1×4 bought from a used furniture local website. As the shelf was pretty scratched and dark brown, which didn’t…
Faux Gator Coffee Table
Materials: LACK table, faux gator upholstery fabric, staple gun, sewing machine Description: My poor IKEA LACK coffee table has been through a lot. Originally black, I attempted to paint it silver (big mistake), then painted it white, then covered it with a white and gold patterned contact paper. For years…
Ikea Lack Side Tables Turned Ottomans
Materials: 2 Ikea Lack Side Tables, 2 Yards Ikea Sofia Fabric, Batting, Foam Camping Carpet Pad from Home Depot, Spray Adhesive, Staple Gun, Hacksaw, Scotch Guard, and scissors of course! Description: I made these inexpensive custom ottomans for my mom for Christmas to make her Ektorp sofa more comfortable for…
Norden Table becomes Interactive Art Table
Materials: Norden table, paint, clear varnish, plastic pipe clip, permanent maker Description: The plain wooden Norden table in our kitchen started to look boring after a while, so we decided to repaint it and to turn it into an interactive art guestbook. We first painted the table white, then sprayed…
Reverse Stencilled BEKVAM Step Stool
Materials: Ikea step stool; CeCe Caldwell paint; Dollar Store Wall Decals; Poly Acrylic Description:1. Pick a decal that you like and apply it on the stool.2. Paint directly over them. I used two coats of CeCe Caldwell paint in a soft Kentucky Mint green.3. Carefully remove the decals. With my…
LACK Footrest/Ottoman
Materials: Lack Table (Black), Curtains (2×2,5m), Foam, Nuts&Bolts Description: There have been many hacks for Ikea Lack posted, but not many had the form of the ottoman that I was trying to achieve: slightly round on top, to look puffy. You’ll need two people for this hack, as one will…
Bye Bye Bricks – a magnetic cover up
before Materials: Spontan Magnet Boards, plywood, screws, rare earth magnets Description: We were tired of looking at the original brick fire place in our main living space. The open fire box was changed into a gas insert many years ago and the room has been painted over 4 times, but…
Lack space combiner
Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Lack room divider Description: Having bought a second hand LACK room divider, it didn’t really seem to fit in my room. The thick black beams were somewhat overexposed in comparison to my other furniture. But I did need a piece of furniture to store my administration, stereo…
Custom Dining Booth From Bookcases
Materials: Expedit Bookcases Description: We wanted to make a dining booth for our odd shaped corner dining room. We bought 2 Expedit bookcases in the dark brown-black and planned on turning them face down and making “lids”. Turning them sideways made the height better, we could always add baskets or…
Princess throne
Photo: IKEA.com Materials: MAMMUT child chair Description: The backrest is made out of solid metal and polystyrene. Been glued to paper (wallpaper paste). Then painted with acrylic paint color. ~ Jürgen Behrens, Wiesbaden Germany
Stolmen into mid-century unit/space-divider/desk
Materials: Stolmen poles + wood Description: After carefully deciding the sizes of the shelves and of the “working station”, (sketchup plan appeared pretty useful to avoid mistakes) I cut/sand/tint in teak color/varnished each part from one 5′ x 5′ cherry wood board bought at a local shop. I made them…
